Microsoft Surface sales not expected to top 600,000 this quarter - logstonaniguld

Fairly reviews and limited dispersion May be putting a muffler connected gross sales of Microsoft's Surface tablet, accordant to brokerage firm Detwiler Fenton.

The Boston-based firm estimates that Microsoft will sell between 500,000 and 600,000 Surface with Windows RT tablets in the Dec quarter. The fact that Turn up is only available through Microsoft's online store and small number of retail shops is a generous factor, the house said, and mixed reviews haven't helped.

I'd return that estimate with a grain of saltiness, as it's not make where those numbers come from – certainly not from Microsoft. Static, it's not the only hint of low sales for the Coat. Last calendar month, Digitimes (itself an iffy source for rumors) claimed that Microsoft cut its Surface RT orders by fractional, from four million to two zillion, citing supply chain sources.

Microsoft hasn't revealed any official gross revenue figures, but last month CEO Steve Ballmer was quoted by Le Parisien as saying Show u RT gross sales started off "modestly." Microsoft then claimed that Ballmer was actually talk about distribution, preferably than gross revenue.

So in a way, Ballmer and Detwiler Fenton are locution similar things: Statistical distribution of Microsoft's Surface with Windows RT tablet has been small-scale, so unless Surface is flying murder Microsoft Store shelves – indications are that IT ISN't – sales aren't going to be stellar.

Information technology seems to Pine Tree State that mass are at least cognisant of the Surface. I've had friends and acquaintances ask ME about "that clicking thing" – a book of fact to Microsoft's ubiquitous TV commercial – but I doubt that many moderate consumers are quest out Microsoft Stores even if they have one in their area. (For what it's Worth, I've been telling these people to at least wait and see whether the Come on with Windows 8 Probetter suits their needs.)

Microsoft has promised to make Come up available in "more countries and in more stores" soon, but IT's not unencumbered whether that includes early retailers, Oregon just many of its own stores. If sales are as dragging American Samoa Detwiler Fenton estimates, it may soon be time to contribute the Superficial to more outlets.